Improvement in petroleum-stoves



G. L. WII'SIL. PETROLEUM STOVE.

No. 42,059. Patented Mar. 22, 1864.

fnueizfar UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eEORGE L. WITSIL, or PHILADELPHIA, PA., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, CHARLES EEonEs, AND 0. w. oLnEuBE'Re, 0F sAME PLAoE.

, IMPROVEMENT 'INJIPETROLEUM-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0- 42,059, dated March 22, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, G. L. WITSIL, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a Stove in'which to Burn Oily Hydrocarbons ;'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, .and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to the use of coal' oil or other oily hydrocarbons for generating heat in stoves; and it consists of a receptacle or vessel for containing ashes or equivalent powder mixed with oil, the vessel being covered or partly covered with a dome to which airis admitted from below, and the dome having an opening, above which is a disk, the whole being arranged'within a stove, as described hereinafter.

murder to. enable. others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

()n reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspe oilication, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved stove for burning oily hydrocarbons Fig. 2, a sectional plan, and Fig. 3 a top view of the dome detached from the stove.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views...

Arepresents the base-plate of thestove; B, the sheet-iron cylinder; F, a sliding door; G, the oven, and H the outlet pipe, commu nicatin g with an adjacent chimney.

0n the base-plate A-and within the cylini der B rests the receptacle 0 and deflector D, the receptacle consisting of a dish for the re ception of ashes mixed with coal-oil or other oily hydrocarbon, and the deflector consisting of ahollow dome placed over the dish and having at the top an opening, a, adisk, l

D, on the end of a rod, I), attached to the bottom of thereceptacle 0, being so situated in respect to this opening that between the edge of the latter and that of the disk there shall be an annular space through which the flame passes.

A number of openings, arranged in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, are made in the base-plate A, beneath and in contact with which a plate, E, with similar openings, is hung to a central pin, i,-so that by turning the plate more or less air may be admitted to the space within the dome D-.' The surface of the saturated ashes havingbeen ignited, and the dome having been placed in its proper position concentric with the receptacle 0,

the flame will be directed toward the annular spacebetween the disk D and the edge of the opening-a of the dome, to which space the air admitted to the interior of the dome isdirected and brought into intimate contact with the flame, which above the dome and disk is clear and brilliant andcapable-of imparting the desired heat to the stove and to the oven G. The oilwill continue to rise to the heated surface of the mass of ashes until the whole of the oil is consumed, there being no necessity. for any stirring or agitation of the mixture; When the oil has been entirelyconsumed, the sliding door F may be elevated. the dome withdra n, the receptacle. removed, anda new supply of oil mixod'with the ashes. I

I prefer, however, to make use of several receptacles containing the mixture of coaloil and ashes, sot-hat one may always be at hand for ready insertion into. the stove when required. Pulverized bricks and other powdered substances not readily acted on by the heatmay be used in place of ashes. I. prefer the latter, however, as they have been found to be most efficientin practice.

The coal-oil usually employed for illuminating purposes maybe used or even crude petroleum or any of the oily hydrocarbons.

Without confining myself to the particular form of the deflector D, disk D, and receptacle G, which may be modified to suit stoves of different characters without departing from the main features of my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the disk O, base-plate A, its openings h, and plate E or its equivalent.

2. The combination of the dish 0, dome D,

and disk D, constructed and arranged within a stove or heater, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

- In testimony whereof 'I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GEO. L. WITSIL. Witnesses:

JOHN WHITE, OHARLEs HoWsoN. 

